With many events, including public meetings, canceled because of COVID-19, the Eagle continued to provide rigorous reporting through public records requests and investigations in 2020.
With Grant County and Oregon under states of emergency, much was unknown about the pandemic and local efforts to address it. The Eagle uncovered a proposal to create a secretive Neighborhood Watch program that was canceled after details emerged. The Eagle discovered the COVID-19 Emergency Operations Center overspent its original budget by 60% and originally claimed too much in reimbursement for county court labor costs.
Continuing to cover the pandemic, the Eagle elbowed its way into a secret meeting held by Eastern Oregon county commissioners in Prairie City.
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